1 CITY OF NORFOLK COASTAL STORM RISK MANAGEMENT STUDY 255 255 255 File Name 237 237 237 217 217 217 200 200 200 0 0 0 163 163 163 131 132 122 239 65 53 80 119 27 252 174.59 110 135 120 112 92 56 62 102 130 102 56 48 130 120 111
2 PURPOSE To inform the City Council of the current status of the Norfolk Coastal Storm Risk Management study in preparation for the public meeting scheduled for 8 June at the Lambert s Point Community Center.
3 NORFOLK COASTAL STORM RISK MANAGEMENT (CSRM) STUDY Partnership between City of Norfolk and USACE Study currently scoped at 3 years and $3 Million Stakeholders on team: US Navy, US Coast Guard Goal: Congressional Authorization of a project as well as eventual appropriations for project construction (65% Federal, 35% Nonfederal) DRAFT measures will continue to be refined and adjusted There is not yet a recommended plan Environmental Impact Statement will be prepared with US Navy and US EPA as Cooperating Agencies
4 PURPOSE AND AUTHORITY
5 STUDY OVERVIEW Norfolk has been identified as one of nine areas of high risk by the North Atlantic Coast Comprehensive Study (NACCS) 50 year period of analysis Sea level rise and land subsidence are considered Benefit cost ratio is used for plan selection Benefits are based on damages prevented (generally structural damages) Costs will include construction, mitigation, operation & maintenance, and real estate
6 SMART Feasibility Study Process: City of Norfolk CSRM Study Up to 36 Months DE transmits final report package Release draft report for CONCURRENT REVIEW SCOPING & PLANNING STRATEGY ALTERNATIVE FORMULATION & ANALYSIS Tentatively Selected Plan (TSP) Milestone: 2 August 2017 Agency Decision 3 Milestone: March 2018 Alternatives Milestone: 1 October 2016 FEASIBILITYLEVEL ANALYSIS Civil Works Review Board: October 2018 CHIEF S REPORT 4 Chief s Report: January 2019 5 = future public input opportunity
7 PLAN FORMULATION: MANAGEMENT MEASURES NONSTRUCTURAL MEASURES CONSIDERED: Enhanced Flood Warning, Preparedness, and Evacuation Planning Acquisition and Relocation Elevation Building Retrofit/Floodproofing Land Use Management and Floodplain Regulation Flood Insurance STRUCTURAL MEASURES CONSIDERED: Floodwalls and Levees Deployable Floodwalls Shoreline Stabilization Storm Surge Barriers Beach Restoration Groins Breakwaters
8 POTENTIAL STRUCTURAL MEASURES Floodwall, Norfolk Storm Surge Barrier New Orleans Levee, Scottsville, VA
9 POTENTIAL STRUCTURAL MEASURES
10 POTENTIAL NONSTRUCTURAL MEASURES Elevation Nonresidential Floodproofing Building Acquisition / Open Space
11 POTENTIAL NONSTRUCTURAL MEASURES
PRETTY LAKE NONSTRUCTURAL Real estate raising, acquisition, and/or relocation STRUCTURAL Storm surge barrier with miter gates at the Shore Drive bridge at Pretty Lake A pump station may be required in order to evacuate interior drainage The measure includes north and south flanking floodwalls that will tie into high ground 12
LAKE WHITEHURST NONSTRUCTURAL Real estate raising, acquisition, and/or relocation STRUCTURAL Raise reservoir spillway and dam to prevent salt water intrusion into the lake Pump station may be required to prevent induced flooding caused by a higher spillway 13
MOORES BRIDGES WATER TREATMENT PLANT NONSTRUCTURAL Measure designed to protect the Bridges Water Treatment Plant Protection would include a floodwall adjacent to the plant tying into high ground 14
OCEAN VIEW AND WILLOUGHBY BEACH DUNES NONSTRUCTURAL Real estate raising, acquisition, and/or relocation STRUCTURAL Beach dune construction from the Little Creek inlet to the western end of Willoughby Spit 15
MASON CREEK NONSTRUCTURAL The measure includes real estate raising, acquisition, and relocation STRUCTURAL Pump station to evacuate interior drainage in the Mason Creek watershed that will be backed up from the closing of the NAS tide gate A berm or floodwall would also be required to prevent floodwaters from passing over NAS and into Mason Creek 16
LAFAYETTE RIVER STORM SURGE BARRIER (1 OF 3) NONSTRUCTURAL The measure includes real estate raising, acquisition, and relocation STRUCTURAL Three storm surge barrier alignment options are proposed for the Lafayette River. The storm surge barriers would include miter gates for typical ebb and flow and a sector gate for navigation along the federal navigation channel Outermost Barrier would connect Norfolk International Terminal (NIT) with Lambert s Point Middle Barrier would connect NIT with the Larchmont neighborhood and a floodwall would extend down the Larchmont coast to Lambert s Point Innermost Barrier would be located along Hampton Boulevard and the Hampton Boulevard bridge 17
LAFAYETTE RIVER STORM SURGE BARRIER (2 OF 3) 18
LAFAYETTE RIVER STORM SURGE BARRIER (3 OF 3) 19
THE HAGUE (1 OF 2) NONSTRUCTURAL Relocation, acquisition, and real estate elevation Storm water storage improvement and wetlands at Stockley Gardens to mitigate against interior flooding associated with rising coastal tailwater STRUCTURAL Two options under consideration: Storm surge barrier at the Brambleton Road crossing with the Hague with gates This measure plans for floodwalls to protect the Sentara hospital complex. Permanent floodwall would separate the Hague from the Elizabeth River. Both options include pump station to evacuate interior drainage and floodwalls to protect from flanking storm surge and tie into existing floodwall. 20
THE HAGUE (2 OF 2) 21
DOWNTOWN AND CHESTERFIELD HEIGHTS (1 OF 2) NONSTRUCTURAL Real estate raising, acquisition, and relocation. The measure also includes interior improvements to help with stormwater flooding. STRUCTURAL Raise the existing downtown floodwall and add a new floodwall and berm system through Harbor Park and terminating just east of Grandy Village Pump stations may be required to evacuate interior drainage. 22
DOWNTOWN AND CHESTERFIELD HEIGHTS (2 OF 2) 23
CAMPOSTELLA/BERKLEY (1 OF 2) NONSTRUCTURAL Real estate raising, acquisition, and relocation STRUCTURAL Floodwall and berm construction along the coast of the Campostella / Berkley neighborhoods on the southern bank of the Elizabeth River 24
CAMPOSTELLA/BERKLEY (2 OF 2) 25
BROAD CREEK (1 OF 2) NONSTRUCTURAL Relocation, acquisition, and real estate elevation STRUCTURAL Storm surge barrier across Broad Creek at Hwy 264 The surge barrier will include a system of six gates to allow typical ebb and flow Floodwall along the toe of Hwy 264 is proposed to the east and west of Broad Creek Pump station will be needed for interior drainage from the Broad Creek basin. 26
BROAD CREEK (2 OF 2) 27
MAJOR MILESTONE SCHEDULE 28 Task Baseline Feasibility Cost Sharing Agreement Signed 12 February 2016 Tentatively Selected Plan Milestone 03 August 2017 Release of Draft Integrated Report 03 October 2017 Agency Decision Milestone 06 March 2018 Civil Works Review Board 18 October 2018 Chief s Report 31 January 2019
29 Credit: WAVY/Jane Alvarez-Wertz, October 2015